Point in time view as at 03/07/2023.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 25 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for identifying which review partners are to be the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death.
(2)The regulations may provide that the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death are—
(a)a chief officer of police for a police area in England or Wales of a description specified in the regulations,
(b)a local authority of a description specified in the regulations or, in a case of a description specified in the regulations, a county council and a district council of a description specified in the regulations, and
(c)[F1an integrated care board] or a local health board of a description specified in the regulations.
(3)The regulations may, in particular, provide that, in a case of a description specified in the regulations, the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death are—
(a)the chief officer of police for the police area in England or Wales in which the death occurred or is likely to have occurred,
(b)the local authority in whose area the death occurred or is likely to have occurred or, if the death occurred or is likely to have occurred within the area of a district council whose area is within the area of a county council, both of those local authorities, and
(c)the [F2integrated care board] or the local health board in whose area the death occurred or is likely to have occurred.
(4)The regulations may include provision for identifying the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death by reference to other matters, including—
(a)the last known place of residence of the person who died;
(b)an earlier place of residence of the person who died;
(c)the place of residence of the person who caused or is likely to have caused, or of any of the persons who caused or are likely to have caused, the person’s death;
(d)the police area in England or Wales of the police force that is investigating or has investigated the person’s death.
(5)The regulations may—
(a)provide for a group of review partners to agree with another group of review partners to be the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death instead of that other group;
(b)provide for review partners of a description specified in the regulations to agree between them which of them is a relevant review partner in respect of a person’s death;
(c)provide for the Secretary of State to give a direction specifying which review partners are the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 25(2)(c) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 241(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F2Words in s. 25(3)(c) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 241(3); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
Commencement Information
I1S. 25 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see ss. 34, 208(4)(h)
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